Anvil



July 17, 1956 M. GULLHOLM ANVIL Filed Feb. 17, 1954 ANVIL Marcus Gullholm, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Fred W. Schletz and Howard D. Schletz, St. Paul, Minn.

Application February 17, 1954, Serial No. 410,788

Claims. (Cl. 78-5) My invention relates to improvements in anvils and has for an object thereof to provide a readily portable anvil having a variety of work surfaces suiting the same to various special uses as well as to uses common to an ordinary anvil, Which article is capable of being readily placed in diiferent positions variously to present the work surfaces thereof for convenient usage.

A further object of the invention is to provide an anvil of the present nature which is relatively small and light in Weight and wherein the aggregate area of the various work surfaces thereof is relatively great and the construction o-f the article is such as to render it relatively strong and durable.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter illustrated and/or described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of an anvil, constructed in accordance with my invention, as seen from one side thereof.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of said anvil as seen from the side thereof opposite to that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of said anvil.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of said anvil as seen from the rear or butt end thereof.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of said anvil as seen from the front end thereof.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken as on the line 6-6 of Fig. l.

Reference being had to the drawings, it will be seen that the illustrated embodiment of my invention comprises an elongated block A of metal or other suitable material. This block A consists of a body portion 10, a base portion 11 and a head portion 12, said base and head portions 11, 12 being correspondingly extended laterally outwardly from the body portion in the form of flanges 11a, 12a which denne a channel b extending along one side of the block A longitudinally thereof. At the side of the block A opposite the channel b, the body portion 10 is formed with a V-groove c therein extending longitudinally of the block, said V-groove having angularly related faces 13 on said body portion 10 providing Work surfaces.

The head portion 12 of the anvil has a top planiform face 14 constituting a work surface, and the base portion 11 has a bottom face 15 constituting a supporting surface for the anvil when it is placed in position to present said face 14 of the head portion 12 uppermost.

The flanges 11a, 12a of said base and head portions 11, 12 have coplanar faces 16, 17 constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when it is placed in position channeledside down to present the grooved side of the block uppermost. Said base and head portions 11, 12 have coplanar faces 18, 19 at the grooved side of the block A constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when it is placed in position to present the channeled side of the block uppermost. In such position of the anvil, the said faces 16, 17 of the flanges 11a, 12a constitute work surfaces and the nited States Patent O Patented July 17, 1956 coplanar end faces d1, d2 and d3 at the rear or butt end ofV the anvil constituting a butt-end surface d which serves, selectively, as a work surface against which a piece of Work may be placed, or as a surface for supporting the anvil on end, as for purposes hereinafter indicated. Employing said butt-end surface d as a work surface, a piece of work, for example, may be placed on the top face 14 of the head portion 12 and bent over the rear corner 23 of said head portion against said butt-end surface d into right angular formation.

The flange 12a on the head portion 12 has a lower face 24 extending along the anvil in a plane substantially parallel with the top face 14 o-f said head portion 12. This face 24 of said flange 12a provides a surface with which, at selected points therealong, a C-clamp or other holddown clamping device may coact in its application to a piece of work supported on the top face 14 of the head portion 12 of the anvil.

The head portion 12 has a longitudinal extension 12b projecting beyond the body portion 10 of the anvil at the front end thereof. Said extension 12b has a convex terminal face 25 constituting a curved work surface which may be disposed uppermost for ready access to the user by up-ending the anvil on its butt-end surface d.

Also at the front end of the anvil, the body portion 10 is formed with a concavity 26 providing a concave face e constituting a curved work surface which also may be disposed uppermost for convenient access to a user by standing the anvil on its butt-end surface d.

T o reinforce the anvil structure and also augment the concave work surface e by increasing its width, a rib 27 is provided at the forepart of the anvil, said rib being integral with the body, base and head portions 10, 11 and 12 and extending transversely of the body portion 10 from the flange 11a of the base portion 11 to the ange 12EL of the head portion 12. This fore rib 27 has a concave face e1 at the front end of the anvil which is curved in conformity with and adds to the width of the concave face e of the body portion 10, thereby supplementing the work surface provided by said concave face e.

A second rib 28 is provided to reinforce the anvil structure at the aft part thereof and also augment the butt-end Work surface d by increasing its width. This aft rib 28 is integral with the body, base and head portions 10, 11, 12 and extends transversely of the body portion 10 from the ange 11a of the base portion 11 to the flange 12a of the head portion 12. Said rib 28 has a planiforrn face d4 at the rear end of the anvil, said face d4 lying in the plane of the butt-end surface d and supplementing the same.

The presently preferred embodiment of my invention weighs about ve pounds and although it is of such relatively little Weight, the anvil presents a relatively great aggregate area in its various work surfaces. It is relatively strong and Well capable of meeting the stresses placed thereon in operations performed upon pieces of work applied to the Work surfaces thereof. The anvil is readily handled in a multitude of pursuits about the home and in the shop where, among other things, it well performs the service of a drill block on the table of a drill press. Furthermore, such an anvil usefully serves as a maul having a selection of top, bottom and end surfaces for impingement against the object being worked upon, theanvil, in either case, being conveniently firmly grasped by the user upon placing the fingers of the hand in the channel b and the thumb in the opposed V-groove c, or vice versa.

Changes in the specific form oflmy invention, as herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable multi-purpose anvil consisting of an elongated block having a body portion, a base portion and a head portion, saidlbase and head portions being extended laterally' outwardfrom the body portion in the form of flanges defining a channel extending longitudinally of the block at one side thereof, said body portion being formed with a V-groove therein extending longitudinally thereof at its side opposite said channel, said head portion having a-top planiform face constituting a work surface, said base portion having a bottom face providing a supporting surface for the anvil when placed' to present said top face uppermost, said flanges of said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the channeled side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to'. present the grooved side of the block uppermost, said basey and head portions having coplanar faces at the grooved side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the channeled side of the block uppermost, said faces of said flanges in said last position of the anvil constituting work surfaces and said channel constituting'a recess for the accommodation of tools passing through work placed on said last work surfaces, said body portion, base portion and head portionv have corresponding end faces in coplanar relationship constituting a work surface continuing from and in angular relation with respect to the work surface constituted by the top face of said head portion of the anvil.

2. A portable multi-purpose anvil consisting of an elongated block having a body portion, a base portion and a head portion, said base and head portions being extended laterally outward from the body portion in the form of flanges defining a channel extending longitudinally of the block at one side thereof, said body portion being formed with a V-groove therein extending longitudinally thereof at-its side opposite said channel, said head portion having a top planiform face constituting a work surface, said base portion having a bottom face providing a supporting surface for the anvil when placed to present said top face uppermost, said flanges of said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the channeled side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present'the grooved side of the block uppermost, said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the grooved side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the channeled side of the block uppermost, said faces of said flanges in said last position of the anvil constituting Work surfaces and said channel constituting a recess for the accommodation of tools passing through work placed on said last work surfaces, the head portion at one end of the anvil having a longitudinal extension projecting beyond the body portion, said extension having a face at the edge thereof constituting a Work surface, and said body portion, base portion and head portion at the other end of the anvil having coplanar end faces constituting a work surface and also a supporting surface for the anvil placed on the last mentioned end thereof to present the flrst mentioned end of the anvil uppermost.

3. A portable multi-purpose anvil consisting of an elongated block having a body portion, a base portion and a head portion, said base and head portions being extended laterallyv outward from the body portion in the form of flanges defining a channel extending longitudinally of the block at one side thereof, said body portion being formed with a V-groove therein extending longitudinally thereof at its side opposite saidchannel, said headV portion having a top planiform face constituting a work surface, said base portion having a bottom face providing a supporting surface for the anvil when placed to present said top face: L

uppermost, said flanges of said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the channeled side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the grooved side of the block uppermost, said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the grooved side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the channeled side of the block uppermost, said faces of said flanges in said last position of the anvil constituting work surfaces and said channel constituting a recess for the accommodation of tools passing through work placed on said last work surfaces, the body portion at one end of the anvil being formed with a concavity providing a concave Work surface, and said body portion, base portion and head portion at the other end of the anvil have coplanar end faces constituting a work surface and also a supporting surface for the anvil placed on the last mentioned end thereof topresent the first mentioned end of the anvil uppermost.

4. A portable multi-purpose anvil consisting of an elongated block having a body portion, a base portion and a head portion, said base and head portions being extended laterally outward from the body portion in the form of flanges defining a channel extending longitudinally of the block at one side thereof, said body portion being formed with a V-groove therein extending longitudinally thereof at its side opposite said channel, said head portion having a top planiform face constituting a work surface, said base portion having a bottom face providing a supporting surface for the anvil when placed to present said top face uppermost, said flanges of said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the channeled side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the grooved side of the block uppermost, said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the grooved side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the channeled side of the block uppermost, said faces of said flanges in said last position of the anvil constituting Work surfaces and said channel constituting a recess for the accommodation of tools passing through work placed on said last work surfaces, the body, base and head portions at one end of the anvil having faces in coplanar relationship constituting a planiform work surace, and a reinforcing rib integral with said body, base and head portions, said rib extending transversely of the body portion from the flange of the base portion to the flange of the head portion, said rib having a face disposed in the plane of and augmenting said Work surface at said end of the anvil.

5. A portable multi-purpose anvil consisting of an elongated block having a body portion, a base portion and a head portion, said base and head portions being extended laterally outward from the body portion in the form of flanges defining a channel extending longitudinally of the block at one side thereof, said body portion being formed with a V-groove therein extending longitudinally thereof at its side opposite said channel, said head portion having a top planiform face constituting a work surface, said base portion having a bottom face providing a supporting surface for the anvil when placed to present said top face uppermost, said flanges of said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the channeled side of the block constituting supporting sur faces for the anvil when placed to present the grooved side of the block uppermost, said base and head portions having coplanar faces at the grooved side of the block constituting supporting surfaces for the anvil when placed to present the channeled side of the block uppermost, said faces of said flanges n said last position of the anvil constituting work `surfaces and said channel constituting a recess for the accommodation of tools passing through Work placed on said last work surfaces, the body portion at one end thereof having a curved face constituting a curved'work surface, and a reinforcing rib integral with the body, base and head portion of the anvil, said rib extending transversely of said body portion from the ange of the base portion to the flange of the head portion, said rib having a curved face conformed with said curved face of the body portion and augmenting the curved Work surface constituted thereby.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 826,499 Green July 17, 1906 10 6 Bodjack Ian. 6, 1914 Apel Oct. 15, 1918 Deemer Nov. 25, 1924 Tolmie Nov. 20, 1928 Swan June 30, 1931 Ferguson Feb. 8, 1944 

